This week on The Exchange we talk about education with four authors who have a fresh take on the issue.
A new book has advice for parents and children on how to deal with anxiety and improve academic skills. Its call Raising A Kid Who Can, We talk with one of the co-authors, child therapist Jennifer Weaver.
We also talk with author Julie Bogart about about her book, Raising Critical Thinkers, about some unexpected ways parents can help children develop critical thinking skills.
Literacy is main concern of author Maya Payne Smart. Payne Smart has researched the effect the Coronavirus pandemic on student's literacy rates. She has some suggestions on how to make up for this deficit in their learning. In her book, Reading for Our Lives, the author explains how pre-literacy and literacy strategies can make a real difference in children's literacy levels.
Another researcher looks at accountability in higher education and why it is so difficult to get an honest evaluation of instructors. J. M. Beach takes a deep dive the meaning of measurement in K-12 schools and colleges in his books, Can We Measure What Matters Most? and The Myths of Measurement and Meritocracy,
We also have another small wonder from Jim Schaap.
